Brompton Technology joins Usher Raymond in Vegas
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BrainHub and LMG Touring & Entertainment, both part of Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP), worked closely together and with the singer’s crew to design a larger-than-life experience featuring more than 500 moving lights, creative LED, and video solutions.
“When the pandemic first hit we did some work with Usher in our studio out in Vegas. That wasn’t based on LED setup, but we were very good at bringing team’s vision to life and serving it with a solution that directly corresponded their requirements,” says David Luchsinger, director of LED services at ETP BrainHub. “When Usher’s residency came around, his team reached out to Craig Mitchell, our managing director at LMG Touring & Entertainment [part of the ETP Group], who then involved BrainHub and LMG Touring account executive Juliana Stern.
As part of the collaborative work, the BrainHub team took charge of designing stage LED elements. “Usher’s team came up with a couple of different designs and we worked together with them to design a concept that would deliver five different scenic environments and tell a unique story for each musical act,” adds Luchsinger.
The final setup included 12 large 3D tracking ROE CB8 LED columns powered by Brompton Tessera Technology processors. Weighing in at 1200 lb. (544 kg) and standing 40 ft. (12m) tall, the columns independently travelled in all directions and rotated 360 degrees.
“This project was a great example of how Tessera processing makes a huge difference to the end result of an entire production. Because of Tessera's colour precision capabilities, as well as software features such as Dark Magic, OSCA and others, we were able to match the colour of the blues, greens, and reds of the LED lighting fixtures, precisely matching the colours to the images on the screens. This is outstanding; if you've ever seen a show where the two are not perfectly matched, you would immediately notice something is wrong and that the image looks unnatural,” Luchsinger notes.
“The key challenge with this project was that the entire system was moving and spinning throughout the show. Without something as bullet-proof as Brompton processing, we wouldn’t have been able to put on the show we did.”
